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Friday, 5 May 2017

DAB Is The Final Stop For Radio

Norwegian media personality slaughtered the DAB project at the government's cultural conferenceTheMinister of Culture and the Parliament was written on the noses by the Norwegian astrophysicist, author and future researcher Eirik Newthat the government's cultural conference May 3 in Oslo. He deliveredvery gloomy predictions about the Norwegian radio industry. DAB isone of the most stupid projects the authorities has implemented and represents the final stop for radio. What we did was to build a terminus, instead of just a road stop which we could travel onfrom, Newth said.Newth pointed out that most players are about to leave thebroadcasting model. What you're talking about in the rest of the worldis 5G and what you can use this new wireless mobile network for.There are also very few other countries that have developed DAB, soNorwegian industry has few opportunities to export any DAB products.Inaddition, Norway has now spent billions on a transmission modelthat isbeing phased out in other countries and we are tied to a veryexpensiveinfrastructure that has to be maintained, said Newth. Healso pointed out that radio has dropped off among the young listeners,and therefore DAB now opens for youngsters to completely abandonthe radio. In the future, we must create a platform which rather can befurther developed, said Newth.Ministerof Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland was the host of the full dayconference. Eirik Newth is famous media personality in Norway amongthings being a radio presenter and has published popular sciencebooks, especially for children.Read more (in Norwegian)Fremtidsforsker slakter DABView on YouTube: Eirik Newth about DAB in Norway